Surfing at Rio Mar

On many weekends, we take a short, day trip or overnight trip to the beach. The beach shown below is called Rio Mar and is a well known surfing spot. Though a bit out of our league, Austin and I gave surfing a try, although the "waves surfed us" (quote from Austin).

Some of my students participate in a Near Space program, and they were sending a weather balloon up, thousands of feet into the atmosphere. Luckily, the launch site was right close to the beach, so I stopped by to watch the launch.

Carolyn, Ashley, and Austin (and the surfboards)

Students at the launch